Eakin, Wilfred, Private, 27479, 16th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Awarded the Military Medal
Born Matlock, Derbyshire
Enlisted Matlock
Died of wounds 13th November 1916 aged 21
Son of Mrs. Shipsides, of Matlock, Derbyshire.
Buried in Warloy Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, VIII, C, 33

Note: Recorded as Wilfred Lakin on the First World War Medal Roll

1911
Known as Wilfred Hazeldine
A hydropathic page at the Matlock House Hydro, Matlock, Derbyshire

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(Article from the Derbyshire Courier, 5th December 1916)

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